Erdenstern
April Aromatics (2014)

I didn't expect this to start like it did on my skin: I got peanut butter cookies, exactly. Fresh from the oven, but yes, cookies. That stage went away luckily and left me with more of a soft woody tonka vetiver scent that was lovely, sparkling with just enough woody cinnamon powder but not too much (and my skin amps cinnamon to a horrific degree, so this is the RIGHT amount of cinnamon bark). I could wish fro more tobacco or maybe some of the hay notes others got and I was hoping for, but overall it's a pleasant, comfort scent that is fully unisex and snuggly without being vanilla, pink or powdery.

Quality notes and nicely done. Dried autumn leaves and a nice vetiver touch was done with this one. Doesn't show in the notes, but I get a very light citrus note in here somewhere. Seems like a year round scent IMO. The tobacco and musk is excellent. The only negative thing with Erdenstern is the price for quantity ratio. 8/10

Erdenstern is truly a different breed of natural smelling fragrance. Every time I wear it I am reminded of dried leaves or dried grasses but with a slight sweet chocolate and nutty aroma that smells sort of like a chocolate nut coffee cake. I think the whole fragrance evolves from the whirling universe of the tobacco note. Tobacco has a dried leaf aspect complimented here by the botanical musk and tonka bean. Cocoa and opoponox adds more sweet chocolatey warmth, while vetiver reconnects back to tobacco and leaves. Don't know if I want to smoke it or eat it. Erdenstern is warm, chocolatey, leafy, would make a great chocolate flavored pipe tobacco. In short, its an abstraction of pleasing aromas - a work of art. Enjoyable to wear.